Journal of Behavioral Addictions
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Volume 1: Issue 4
Clinical correlates of tobacco smoking in OCD: A UK, case-controlled, exploratory analysis
Authors:
Punita Sharma Mott House Specialist Rehab Unit, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Southall, UB1 3EU, UK
Mott House Specialist Rehab Unit, West London Mental Health NHS Trust, Uxbridge Road, Southall, UB1 3EU, UK

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Tim M. Gale National OCDs Service, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, AL74HQ, UK
College Lane, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts, UK

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Naomi A. Fineberg National OCDs Service, Hertfordshire Partnership NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth II Hospital, Welwyn Garden City, AL74HQ, UK
College Lane, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield, Herts, UK
Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge University School of Clinical Medicine, Cambridge, UK

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Pages:
180–185
Online Publication Date:
25 Sep 2012
Publication Date:
01 Dec 2012
Article Category:
Brief Report
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1556/jba.1.2012.008
Keywords:
OCD; smoking; tobacco; nicotine; behavioural impulsivity; harm avoidance
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Abstract

Background

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a biologically heterogeneous neuropsychiatric disorder. It is associated with impulsive as well as compulsive neurocognitive mechanisms. Cigarette smoking is common among most psychiatric patients; however, OCD patients are thought to show reduced rates. OCD smokers may thus represent a relatively uncommon OCD subtype, characterised by increased impulsivity. In this study, we aim to establish the prevalence of smoking in a large, well-defined OCD cohort. We investigate whether smokers with OCD differ from non-smokers with OCD on clinical measures of behavioural impulsivity and domains of personality and temperament, including reward-dependence and novelty-seeking.

Method

183 of 200 outpatients with DSM-IV OCD were interviewed to determine smoking status. A sub-sample of 10 smokers was compared with 10 non-smokers, pair wise matched for age and gender. Patients were assessed for DSM co-morbidity, symptom profile, OCD severity, behavioural impulsivity and personality dimensions.

Results

Only 10 individuals (5.46%; five males) were smokers. Compared to OCD non-smokers, OCD smokers scored significantly higher on the Barratt Impulsiveness Scale (p < 0.001). They also scored significantly higher on TCI measures of novelty seeking (p < 0.001) and reward dependence (p < 0.001) and significantly lower on measures of harm avoidance (p < 0.001).

Conclusions

Tobacco smoking is rare in OCD. Significantly higher levels of behavioural impulsivity and temperamental factors associated with reward driven impulsivity are seen in OCD smokers compared to non-smokers. Tobacco smoking may indicate a possible source of neurocognitive heterogeneity in OCD.

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  • Stephanie ANTONS (Universitat Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
  • Joel BILLIEUX (University of Lausanne, Switzerland)
  • Beáta BŐTHE (University of Montreal, Canada)
  • Matthias BRAND (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany)
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  • Jeffrey L. DEREVENSKY (McGill University, Canada)
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  • Belle GAVRIEL-FRIED (The Bob Shapell School of Social Work, Tel Aviv University, Israel)
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  • Chih-Hung KO (Faculty of Medicine, College of Medicine, Kaohsiung Medical University, Taiwan)
  • Shane KRAUS (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, NV, USA)
  • Hae Kook LEE (The Catholic University of Korea, Republic of Korea)
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  • Katerina LUKAVSKA (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
  • Giovanni MARTINOTTI (‘Gabriele d’Annunzio’ University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
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  • Astrid MÜLLER (Hannover Medical School, Germany)
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  • Afarin RAHIMI-MOVAGHAR (Teheran University of Medical Sciences, Iran)
  • József RÁCZ (Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary)
  • Michael SCHAUB (University of Zurich, Switzerland)
  • Marcantanio M. SPADA (London South Bank University, United Kingdom)
  • Daniel SPRITZER (Study Group on Technological Addictions, Brazil)
  • Dan J. STEIN (University of Cape Town, South Africa)
  • Sherry H. STEWART (Dalhousie University, Canada)
  • Attila SZABÓ (Eötvös Loránd University, Hungary)
  • Hermano TAVARES (Instituto de Psiquiatria do Hospital das Clínicas da Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil)
  • Wim VAN DEN BRINK (University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
  • Alexander E. VOISKOUNSKY (Moscow State University, Russia)
  • Aviv M. WEINSTEIN (Ariel University, Israel)
  • Anise WU (University of Macau, Macao, China)
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